Thankyou to everyone for your support and sponsorship for our Great North Run. We've raised over £3000 for Lupus thanks to the generosity of many people.  Please send a cheque made out to either of us if you still owe us money.  Here's how we did !

It was a glorious Indian-Summer day and the atmosphere was terrific with 47 thousand runners raring to go. I watched from the embankment above the start as the gun went and thousands of competitors streamed away down the motorway. I kept my eyes on Dave as he started near the front but he soon merged with the masses and it brought tears to my eyes as the first Oggy-Oggy-Oggy chant went up and thousands joined in, like an army of warriors setting off to do battle with their own personal goals.
Still not believing that I was actually going to do this I clambered down the embankment and plunged into the throng. I was immediately caught up in the excitement and the adreneline started to flow. All plans of warming up gently by walking the first mile went out of the window. I had no